Vehicle wheel



Jan. 22 1924.

A. M. CAUSSE VEHICLE WHEEL Filed AMarch 29. 1922 Patented Jan. 22, 1924.

ANDR MAaIUs cAUssE, or raars, FRANCE.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Application inea March 29, 1922.

To all 'whom t may concern.' t

Be it known that I, ANDR MARIUs CAUssn7 a citizen of the French Republic, residing at Paris, France, have invented cer- 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle I'Vhcels, oi" which the following is aspeci- `lic-ation.

This invention relates to vehicle wheels and refers more particularly to those prow vided with wooden spokes.

It has for its object to enable wheels of the kind in question to be so constructed, that they have an artistic appearance and can be easily cleaned.

According to the invention, the spokes of the Wheel are so shaped that when fitted together they form a continuous whole, the said spokes being preferably provided with grocved out. or cutaway portions in order au to lighten the wheel.

The invention also includes certain minor constructional details which will be more fully described hereafter.

It includes also' certain practical embodi- :5 ments of the invention, and as new industrial products, wheels of the kind in question provided with the improvements, and special parts suitable for their construction.

In order that the said invention may bek :an clearly understood it will now be ydescribed with reference to the accompanying drawing, which description and drawing, how-V ever, are given merely by way ot example.

Figs. l and 2 ofthe drawing show respec- 'Rf tively, in rontfelevation, and in cross section on the line Q-2, of Fig. l a wheel constructed according to the invention.

The construction of a wheel, provided with wooden spokes and made according to the 4e invention is substantially as follows:-

a is a hub comprising a fixed iange a1 and provided with a movable. ila-nge a2, the construction being such that the inner ends of the spokes Z), which are direct by adjacent 4: the hub, can be clamped between the fixed and movable iianges.V lIhe removable flange may be kept in place in any suitable manner, for instance by means of bolts c. l is a wooden felly, to which the rim e 5o is attached. This rim may be a simple iron hoop, but it is preferably a metallic rim adapted to carry a pneumatic tyre el.

On the inner surface of the felly d are provided recesses d1, engaged by tenons at 55 the outer ends of the spokes b.

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adjacent spokes coming into Contact throughout the whole length of the spokes, and so that when all the spokes are litted in position they constitute a wheel body with a continuous surface.

In order to lighten the wheel thus constituted and to give it a more artistic ap-V pearance, I provide in the said spokes, preferably at their lateral edges, grooved out or recessed portions L. These may for eX- ample commence at a distance from the centre of the wheel slightly greater than the radius of the flange of the hub, and terminate at the rim. The grooved out portion may be made to vary in size, decreasing from the centre towards the periphery.

Where the wheel is to ber provided with a pneumatic tyre I so cut away theextremity of two adjacent spokes that there is left between these two spokes a space suitable for the reception of the valve g of the pneumatic tyre, and adapted to enable access to be obtained to the said valve.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited Vto the particular method of carrying it into effect, which has been more particularl y' described and shown on the accompanying drawing, but that all modifications are included coming within a fair interpretation of my claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United ica. is

States oi Amerwhich said cut out sections are of flaring contour and have their widest portions adjacent said hub.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atiix my si gnature.

ANDR MARIUS CAUSSE. 

